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(Mute) As frontwoman of Howling Bells, a deliciously dark Australian rock band with country twangs to lose your heart in, Juanita Stein's solo debut should be a thrill. These roads, though, are just too well worn, ambling through Nancy'n'Leeville on Florence a tribute to the woman depicted in Dorothea Lange's 1936 Migrant Mother photograph stopping by Patsy Clinetown for Cold Comfort. The Chris Isaak romance of Dark Horse and the dusty space rock of Black Winds are lush enough, but there's not enough deviation from shtick, enough convincing deviance in this ode to the dark heart of the US. Stein is capable of more than just making America fine again. Continue reading...He also came up with Game of Thrones puns
The Brightside is the latest from Peep's debut LP Come Over When You're Sober (Part One)
Shakespeare's Globe, London
The Globe proves an inspired backdrop for Ben Drew's dramatic live return, complete with gremlins and groundlings Plan B loves a bit of drama. The rapper, singer, actor and film director also known as Ben Drew has chosen an arresting venue Shakespeare's Globe to stage his live return, in anticipation of a forthcoming album. It is as yet untitled, and five years in the making. Yes, there was his short outing for Radio 1 in May, but this mock-Elizabethan roofless tourist spot witnesses the first airing of many of the songs that will form Plan B's fourth album overall. It is sung, not rapped, and recalls The Defamation of Strickland Banks Plan B's 2010 hit album more than it does 2012's eye-opening Ill Manors. Really, though, you can hear the confluence of both, in a socially-conscious set of tunes that somehow conspire to be party music. Closing the main set, Wait So Long is areggae-disco tune that recalls BoneyM and in a good way. Continue reading...The controversial rapper's new album features lyrics that suggest a switch from homophobia to an admission of homosexuality, sending fans into a confused tailspin It's not easy being a gay hip-hop fan. For years, I've wrestled with my love of the music on one hand with my distaste for the homophobia embedded within it on the other, grimacing at the frustrating ease with which a rapper is able to say faggot, a hateful word that no straight person has any right to be using. Related: Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy review closet door opens to gawky gorgeousness Continue reading...Live Nation will be issuing refunds to ticket holders
San Diego Comic-Con opens its doorson Thursday, July 20th, welcoming in genre fans, geeks, and nerds with bags open ready for swag.Those who head over to the Fox Fanfare Booth (#4229) early enough will be able to snag some pretty sweet vinyl sets from some of the best sci-fi and comic films of the last few years. Fox Home Entertainment will be selling limited edition Comic-Con exclusive vinyl pressings of five film soundtracks:Deadpool,Logan,Kingsman: The Secret Service,Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.Besides some awesome and unique cover art, each release will also come with DVD and Blu-ray copies of the film. What's more,Logan will come with a Blu-ray copy ofLogan: Noir, a black-and-white version of the movie, andDeadpool will be pressed on red vinyl. If you aren't at Comic-Con from July 20th-23rd, get ready to shell out some major eBay cash for these beauties. Check out images of all the releases below (viaThe Hollywood Reporter).
Blanket Me is the first single from the record, out September 14
They're bigger than Guinness and George Bernard Shaw. So why are Bono and co so unloved in their home country? For three decades U2 have filled the world's biggest stadiums as easily as guitarist The Edge fits his trademark black beanie hat. The group's cultural reach is as wide as the 200-ton arachnid-shaped stage they once performed their mammoth shows on. As an Irish export, they're in the same category as George Bernard Shaw and Guinness. If another country produced the biggest guitar band in the world let alone one with a population of just 4.8 million you'd expect airports to be named after them. But walk around the musicians' home city of Dublin and you'll barely see an image of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. There's no major mural solely dedicated to the group. You might, though, catch some graffiti scrawled on concrete walls and darkened doorways, opining in classically Irish slang that, Bono is a Pox. Continue reading... |
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